5 Year Old Party!

Beach Theme Games:   Melinda and her family came, so I was so fortunate to have her help during all this.  In fact, her big role was photographer.  Thanks bunches Melinda!

kiss the frog
Addison requested this from the very beginning.  We used it last year and she associates this with parties.  Since frogs are an aquatic animal, it fit in well with our theme. 

musical beach towels (with beach boys music)
this was the perfect game for 5 year olds.  Melinda's girls were so kind to play and be the first to get out.  They did fantastic role-modeling and there wasn't drama for future girls who got out.

relay race (beach ball between partners, no hands, no arms)
A lot of fun...they were giggling for this.  We did two rounds before venturing to the next game. 

water balloon toss
Learned my lesson.  Five year olds can't toss and catch very well.  They still got giggles...especially when Melinda and Annika showed us their skills and backed up a few times to get some decent distance.  Afterwards, we moved on to the finale on the other side of the yard.

aquatic obstacle course
The girls were a great audience as I explained the various steps:

1. rocket down the slip-n-slide

2. ride the car through the sprinkler to the mini pool (with Annika's help)

3. sit in the ring and spin around (with Mykala's help)

4. go down the slide

5. jump in the pool

Then the girls enjoyed some swim time before cake.

I thought watermelon was needed for the beach so I made a watermelon cake.  I made a poke-cake and used watermelon jello to flavor the cake and the frosting and attempted to make a watermelon appearance.  Cake decoration is not my forte.